The impact of technological research through an analysis of literature

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1 The impact of technological research through an analysis of literature Maria Grazia Pia INFN Genova, Italy T. Basaglia (CERN), Z. Bell (ORNL), P. Dressendorfer (IEEE), J. Vigen (CERN) IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium 2008 Dresden, October 2008

2 S. Agostinelli et al., Geant4 a simulation toolkit NIM A 506 (3): , 2003 Most cited in Nucl. Sci. Technol. 663 citations Oct citations Oct nd most cited CERN & INFN NSS 2007 NSS 2008 >130 software abstracts Largest track ever in NSS history

3 Merriam-Webster 1: a: an impinging or striking especially of one body against another b: a forceful contact or onset; 2: the force of impression of one thing on another: a significant or major effect Measuring impact: Impact Factor Published in Journal Citation Report (JCR), a product of Thomson ISI (Institute for Scientific Information) Impact Factor = the average number of times published papers are cited up to two years after publication I 2008 = Cited 2008 / Published It is taken into account by funding agencies, academic institutions etc. to evaluate projects and research careers Patterns concerning Nuclear Science and Technology in comparison to related categories Wide and complex domain... Getting the flavour of it more to follow 2007 IF in most cases; average otherwise

4 IEEE TNS IEEE TMI 227 journals in the category 10 journals w/o impact factor lowest IF: (still a rentable journal ) ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC 1 P IEEE IEEE T PATTERN ANAL PROG ELECTROMAGN RES IEEE T MED IMAGING IEEE SIGNAL PROC MAG IEEE T AUTOMAT CONTR IEEE T NEURAL NETWOR PROG QUANT ELECTRON IEEE ELECTR DEVICE L IEEE T IMAGE PROCESS IEEE T NUCL SCI Also in other categories: TNS Nuclear Science and Technology TMI Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging Engineering, Biomedical Imaging Science & Photographic Technology

5 Technological journals Representative sample from Nuclear Science and Technology Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging Impact factor Average impact factor TNS NIM A NIM B Appl. Radiat. Isot. Radiat. Prot. Dosim. Int. J. Radiat. Biol. Med. Phys. PMB TMI Comp. Phys. Comm. Journals

6 Published papers and citations Average number of papers and citations Publications Citations Impact Factor Number of papers and citations Volumetric effects? Impact Factor TMI Med. Phys. PMB Int. J. Radiat. Biol. Comp. Phys. Comm. TNS NIM A NIM B Appl. Radiat. Isot. Radiat. Prot. Dosim. Journals with higher impact factor (medical technology, CPC) tend to publish fewer papers than Nuclear Science and Technology ones

7 So the last shall be first, and the first last Matthew 20:16 Impact factor, JCR 2007 NUCLEAR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 1 J Nucl Mater Int J Radiat Biol Radiochim Acta NIM A IEEE TNS Fusion Eng Des Radiat Meas Appl Radiat Isotopes NIM B Fusion Sci Technol MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPL. 1 PROG Mater SCI Nat Mater Nat Nanotechnol Mat Sci Eng R Nano Lett Adv Mater Adv Funct Mater Small MRS Bull Chem Mater J Nucl Mater 1.643

8 also the second NUCLEAR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 1 J Nucl Mater Int J Radiat Biol Radiochim Acta NIM A IEEE TNS Fusion Eng Des Radiat Meas Appl Radiat Isotopes NIM B Fusion Sci Technol BIOLOGY 1 Plos Biol Biol Rev Faseb J Philos T R Soc B Bioessays BMC Biol P Roy Soc B-biol Sci Bioscience J Biol Rhythm Q Rev Biol Int J Radiat Biol 1.468

9 and the third NUCLEAR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 1 J Nucl Mater Int J Radiat Biol Radiochim Acta NIM A IEEE TNS Fusion Eng Des Radiat Meas Appl Radiat Isotopes NIM B Fusion Sci Technol CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC & NUCLEAR 1 Coordin Chem Rev 2 Adv Inorg Chem 3 Adv Organomet Chem 4 Inorg Chem 5 Struct Bond 6 Organometallics 7 J Inorg Biochem 8 J Biol Inorg Chem 9 Dalton T 10 Tetrahedron-asymmetr 24 Radiochim Acta 25 Appl Radiat Isotopes

10 1 Mass Spectrom Rev Prog Nucl Mag Res Sp Appl Spectrosc Rev J Am Soc Mass Spectr J Raman Spectrosc J Anal Atom Spectrom NMR Biomed J Mass Spectrom Rapid Commun Mass Sp Spectrochim Acta B NIM A and the fourth PHYSICS, PARTICLES & FIELDS NUCLEAR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 1 J Nucl Mater Annu Rev Nucl Part S Int J Radiat Biol J Cosmol Astropart P Radiochim Acta J High Energy Phys NIM A Phys Rev D Nucl Phys B IEEE TNS Prog Part Nucl Phys Fusion Eng Des J Phys G Nucl Partic Radiat Meas Astropart Phys Appl Radiat Isotopes Eur Phys J C NIM B Adv Theor Math Phys Fusion Sci Technol NIM A SPECTROSCOPY INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION 1 Appl Spectrosc Rev J Synchrotron Radiat Sensor Actuat B-chem Microfluid Nanofluid IEEE T Ind Electron Chemometr Intell Lab J Micromech Microeng Laser Phys Lett Appl Spectrosc Metrologia NIM A NIM B 0.997

11 TMI follows the same trend IMAGING SCIENCE & PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNOL. 1 IEEE T Med Imaging Remote Sens Environ ISPRS J Photogramm Photogramm Eng Rem S Int J Remote Sens Photogramm Rec J Visual-japan J Imaging Sci Techn J Electron Imaging Imaging Sci J RADIOLOGY, NUCL. MED. & MED. IMAGING 1 Hum Brain Mapp J Nucl Med Radiology Neuroimage Semin Nucl Med Int J Radiat Oncol Invest Radiol Eur J Nucl Med Mol I Radiother Oncol Semin Radiat Oncol IEEE T Med Imaging Med Phys Phys Med Biol Int J Radiat Biol Appl Radiat Isotopes Radiat Prot Dosim 0.528

12 Stars and galaxies vs. oil Which field has greater societal impact? Astronomy or Energy and Fuels? ENERGY & FUELS 1 Prog Energ Combust Renew Sust Energ Rev Fuel Cells Bioresource Technol J Power Sources Int J Hydrogen Energ P Combust Inst Combust Flame Prog Photovoltaics ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS Phys Rev D Sol Energ Mat Sol C Astron Astrophys Annu Rev Astron Astr Astrophys J Suppl S Annu Rev Earth Pl Sc Astrophys J J Cosmol Astropart P Astron Astrophys Rev Mon Not R Astron Soc Astron J

13 The Higgs boson vs. business PHYSICS, PARTICLES & FIELDS Annu Rev Nucl Part S J Cosmol Astropart P J High Energy Phys Phys Rev D Nucl Phys B Prog Part Nucl Phys J Phys G Nucl Partic Astropart Phys Eur Phys J C Adv Theor Math Phys ECONOMICS 1 J Polit Econ 2 J Econ Lit 3 Q J Econ 4 J Account Econ 5 J Financ Econ 6 Econometrica 7 J Econ Perspect 8 J Econ Geogr 9 Rev Econ Stud 10 J Econ Growth BUSINESS Acad Manage J Acad Manage Rev Market Sci J Marketing Admin Sci Quart Strategic Manage J J Int Bus Stud J Retailing J Manage J Manage Stud 1.926

14 CELL BIOLOGY 1 Nat Rev Mol Cell Bio Cell Nat Med Annu Rev Cell Dev Bi Nat Cell Biol Cell Metab Gene Dev Trends Cell Biol Curr Opin Cell Biol Mol Cell Genome Res MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL New Engl J Med Lancet Jama-j Am Med Assoc AnnInternMed Annu Rev Med Plos Med Brit Med J Arch Intern Med Can Med Assoc J Ann Med Cytokine Growth F R On another scale BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLEC. BIOL Annu Rev Biochem Cell Nat Med Annu Rev Bioph Biom Trends Biochem Sci Nat Chem Biol Plos Biol Mol Cell ONCOLOGY Ca-cancer J Clin Nat Rev Cancer Cancer Cell J Natl Cancer I J Clin Oncol Lancet Oncol NatClinPractOncol Cancer Res Stem Cells Adv Cancer Res

15 A magic word? COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPL. APPL. 1 BIOINFORMATICS NEUROINFORMATICS MED IMAGE ANAL IEEE T MED IMAGING J AM MED INFORM ASSN J CHEM INF MODEL MATCH-COMMUN MATH CO J COMPUT PHYS COMPUT LINGUIST QSAR COMB SCI COMPUT PHYS COMMUN 1.842

16 HEP journals IF PHYSICS, PARTICLES & FIELDS 1 Annu Rev Nucl Part Sci J Cosmol Astropart Phys J High Energy Phys (JHEP) Phys Rev D (PRD) Nucl Phys B (NPB) Prog Part Nucl Phys J Phys G Nucl Partic Astropart Phys Eur Phys J C (EPJC) Adv Theor Math Phys PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY 5 Phys Rev Lett 8 Phys Lett B

17 A family business IF JHEP PRD NPB JPG EPJC PLB PRL Sum Ann. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci JHEP PRD NPB JPG* EPJC * Review of Particle Physics 2006

18 Multidisciplinary impact NIM A TNS TMI PRD PRL NIM B PMB Med. Phys. NIM A TNS TMI Mostly medical-oriented for TMI Largely multidisciplinary for TNS and NIM Different mutual citation pattern between NIM A and TNS Tech journals have lower impact factor than HEP journals, but cited by larger set of journal Nuclear Science & Technology category Women Studies

19 What contributes to the impact factor? NIM A TNS TMI J Rad Biol JHEP PRD Correlation Avg IF Publ Avg Cited/yr citations % Top cited % Top 10 cited % w/o NIM A 10 citations % Lower IF correlated to many papers never being cited Top cited paper in TNS has higher impact than TMI equivalent Top 10 cited papers contribute largely in TMI/TNS, more spread in PRD/JHEP

20 Impact: research or research digest? Category Rank Journal IF Physics, multidisciplinary Physics, Particle and fields, Physics, Nuclear 1 Rev. Mod.Phys Phys. Rep Annu. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci Astronomy and astrophysics 1 Annu. Rev. Astron. Astr Instruments and instrumentation Engineering, biomedical 1 1 Appl. Spectrosc. Rev Annu. Rev. Biomed. Eng Public, Env. & Occupational Health 1 Annu. Rev. Publ. Health Review journals have by far higher impact factor than journals publishing direct research results

21 What we call the beginning is often the end And to make an end is to make a beginning. T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets What we have learned so far Patterns, trends and peculiarities in nuclear/particle physics and technology literature beyond the arithmetic definition of impact factor Impact: somebody else uses what is published In the family / in a wider community Impact: related to the volume? Journals publishing few papers Impact: journal or paper? Papers with few citations in high impact factor journals Papers with large number of citations in low impact factor journals Impact: of research or of digest? Review journals The impact of this study: action?